Chapter 16.40
CORRECTION AND AMENDMENTS OF MAPS

Sections:

16.40.010    Requirements.

16.40.020    Form and contents.

16.40.030    Submittal and approval by the City Engineer.

16.40.040    Filing with the County Recorder.

16.40.050    Fee.

16.40.010 Requirements.

After a final or parcel map is filed in the office of the County Recorder, it may be amended by a certificate of correction or an amending map:

(1) To correct an error in any course or distance shown thereon;

(2) To show any course or distance that was omitted therefrom;

(3) To correct an error in the description of the real property shown on the map;

(4) To indicate monuments set after the death, disability or retirement from practice of the engineer or surveyor charged with responsibilities for setting monuments;

(5) To show the proper location of any monument which has been changed in location or character, or originally was shown at the wrong location or incorrectly as to its character;

(6) To correct any other type of map error or omission as approved by the City Engineer, which does not affect any property right. [Ord. 165 § 1, 1982; Ord. 60 § 1.1101, 1968.]

16.40.020 Form and contents.

The amending map or certification of correction shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer or licensed land surveyor. The form and contents of the amending map shall conform to the requirements of Article III of Chapter 16.10 RDMC if a final map, or Article II of Chapter 16.15 RDMC if a parcel map. The certificate of correction shall set forth in detail the corrections made and show the names of the present fee owners of the property affected by the correction. [Ord. 165 § 1, 1982; Ord. 60 § 1.1102, 1968.]

16.40.030 Submittal and approval by the City Engineer.

The amending map or certificate of correction, complete as to final form, shall be submitted to the City Engineer for his review and approval.

The City Engineer shall examine the amending map or certificate of correction and if the only changes are those set forth in RDMC 16.40.010, he shall certify to this fact on the amending map or certificate of correction. [Ord. 165 § 1, 1982; Ord. 60 § 1.1103, 1968.]

16.40.040 Filing with the County Recorder.

The amending map or certificate of correction certified by the City Engineer shall be filed in the office of the County Recorder in which the original map was filed. Upon such filing, the County Recorder shall index the names of the fee owners and the appropriate tract designation shown on the amending map or certificate of correction in the general index and map index respectively. Thereupon, the original map shall be deemed to have been conclusively so corrected and thereafter shall impart constructive notice of all such corrections in the same manner as though set forth upon the original map. [Ord. 165 § 1, 1982; Ord. 60 § 1.1104, 1968.]

16.40.050 Fee.

The fee for checking, processing and recording the amended map or certificate of correction shall be in accordance with the City’s resolution establishing fees and charges. A deposit to be applied toward this fee may be required by the City Engineer upon submittal of the amended map or certificate of correction for his review. [Ord. 165 § 1, 1982; Ord. 60 § 1.1105, 1968.]